#5AB8E7#5AB8E7

#5AB8E7 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.422; OKLCH L 74.4% C 0.112 H 232.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5AB8E7
RGB	rgb(90, 184, 231)
HSL	hsl(200, 75%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(200, 61%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(61%, 20.3%, 0%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.02, -14.09, -31.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.02, 34.79, 246.11°)
OKLab	oklab(74.42% -0.0676 -0.089)
OKLCH	oklch(74.42% 0.112 232.8)
XYZ	xyz(35.7752, 42.2206, 81.8498)
Luminance	0.4222 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5AB8E7 #E7895A

analogous

#5AE7CF #5AB8E7 #5A71E7

triadic

#5AB8E7 #E75AB8 #B8E75A

tetradic

#5AB8E7 #CF5AE7 #E7895A #71E75A

square

#5AB8E7 #CF5AE7 #E7895A #71E75A

split-complementary

#5AB8E7 #E75A71 #E7CF5A

monochromatic

#197CAD #25A1DF #5AB8E7 #8FCFEF #C5E6F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#5AB8E7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.44

#5AB8E7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5AB8E7

9.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5AB8E7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5AB8E7	1.00	2.22	9.44	9.44
#FFFFFF	2.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A1B6E9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8DA7E6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C5C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5ab8e7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 184, 231);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.4% 0.112 232.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#95cdee',
    500: '#5ab8e7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5ab8e7;
$custom-light: #95cdee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5ab8e7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 231
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200,
    "s": 74.603,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74416,
    "c": 0.11172,
    "h": 232.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.42224
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5AB8E7

secondary

#E8C6B5

accent

#510FD7

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FD

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #5AB8E7

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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